July 26, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTBy Marc SmithTEHRAN, Iran — As Iran geared up for the state funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a couple of weeks ago, NBC News producer Marc Smith arrived in the country’s capital armed with a vintage camera that predates the Islamic Revolution.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
Intimate portraits capture grief and defiance at former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Tehran funeral
With a compact camera and a couple rolls of black-and-white film, NBC News producer Marc Smith captured a series of striking images of the funerary events for Iran’s supreme leader.
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